Understanding Herbs Medicine

Understanding Herbs
Herbal term usually associated with plants that are not woody or herbaceous plants that are. In the world of medicine, the term herb has a wider meaning, ie all types of plants and all parts of which contain one or more active ingredients that can be used as drugs (therapeutic). For example forest noni (Morinda citrifolia) containing Morindin, anti-cancer active ingredient; Centella asiatica (asiatica Centela) containing asiaticoside useful for skin problems and increase IQ.

Herbalogi
Herbalogi derived from the word 'herb' which means the plants and 'logy' or 'logos' which means knowledge. Thus Herbalogi is the study of everything related to plants. In the world of medicine herbalogi understood as a concept or method of treatment using ingredients derived from herbs (medicinal plants).

The concept of Herbal Medicine
1. Which used to be holistic. The human body is seen to have a system of harmony that is always balanced; non-functioning of a body part causes an imbalance of the other parts of the body. If the body is unable to perform such rebalancing its original state, it will tibul a disease. One goal of herbal medicine is to help the body to restore harmony or balance of the body.
2.Selain of external factors, herbal remedies understand that from within man there is a healing power that comes from factors Spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical. The healing power in the modern medical world known as the Immune System.
Immune 3.Sistem be the major determinant of health or sickness. Herbalogi pay great attention to issues such imunity. So the goal of treatment is directed to "Improve and maintain the body immune system against external pathogens and pressure".
4.Menggunakan the purest ingredients of herbs as drugs, without the addition of synthetic chemicals.

Herbal Medicine Treatment differences with Synthetic Chemicals
The concept of Herbal Medicine is very different from the concept of modern medicine (which is usually used as a drug Synthetic Chemistry). For example in the treatment of synthetic chemicals that cause disease are viruses, bacteria, and pathogens (disease-carrying micro-organisms), while in herbal medicine, disease-causing immune system is weak.

Here is the table the difference between the two treatment concepts are:
Herbal Medicine Treatment of Synthetic Chemistry
* Derived from the West * Derived from the East
* Using synthetic chemicals * Using natural ingredients / organic
* The absorption of 50% - 70% * 90% power absorption
* Characteristically antibiotics (bacterial toxins) * Characteristically probiotic
* Lowering the immune system * Improve the immune system
* Symptoms / Symptomatic * Holistic / treat the source of disease
* Potential side effects * No side effects
* Efficacy faster but destructive * Benefits slow but constructive
* Most contain forbidden substances * Halal because purely from plants

Preferably Traditional Medicine Developed Countries
He said the tendency of the public use of traditional medicines in many countries it is better known as the new green wave (new green wave).

The condition is triggered by the side effects of synthetic drugs and antibiotics, in addition to the development of public opinion, both in western and eastern countries, the use of natural materials that are safer than materials containing chemical substances.

DENPASAR, KOMPAS.com - Community developed countries in recent years preferred the traditional treatments that use ingredients from plants, whereas before they were known to use drugs synthetic materials.